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Trial reportJournal of behavioral medicine2023

Self-affirmation increases acceptance of information on COVID-19 vaccines and promotes vaccination intention.

Shifeng Li, Yingchun Xia, Wei Zhao, Xiaohui Miao, Qiongying Xu

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of behavioral medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Shifeng LiSchool of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, NO. 967 Anning East Road, Lanzhou, China. lishifeng1988@126.com.ORCID 0000-0002-9921-314X
Yingchun XiaSchool of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, NO. 967 Anning East Road, Lanzhou, China.
Wei ZhaoSchool of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, NO. 967 Anning East Road, Lanzhou, China.
Xiaohui MiaoSchool of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, NO. 967 Anning East Road, Lanzhou, China.
Qiongying XuSchool of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, NO. 967 Anning East Road, Lanzhou, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that self-affirmation increases acceptance of a message and motivates health behavior change. The present study investigated whether self-affirmation increases the acceptance of persuasive messages on COVID-19 vaccines and promotes vaccination intention. A total of 144 participants were randomly assigned to the self-affirmation (n = 72) or control (n = 72) groups before reading a persuasive message on COVID-19 vaccines. The results revealed that the self-affirmation group showed significantly higher acceptance of persuasive information on COVID-19 vaccines than the control group. Additionally, the self-affirmation group also showed significantly higher post-experiment vaccination intention than the control group. Mediation analysis indicated that increased acceptance of persuasive information significantly mediated the beneficial effects of self-affirmation on post-experiment vaccination intention. The present study demonstrated that self-affirmation could be an effective strategy for increasing the acceptance of persuasive messages on COVID-19 vaccines and promoting vaccination intention.

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COVID-19IntentionCOVID-19 VaccinesHealth BehaviorHealth PromotionHumansVaccinationCOVID-19 VaccinesAcceptance of messagesCOVID-19Randomized controlled trialSelf-affirmationVaccination intention

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PMID35133549
PMCPMC10082151

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